Federal judge blocks $1B+ FEMA election funding conditions
A D.C. federal court held that DHS and FEMA lacked statutory authority to attach election-administration conditions to counterterrorism grants, striking down a 20% withholding mechanism. The ruling reinforces the nexus requirement for conditional federal spending and federalism limits on executive election policy. State and local plaintiffs across five jurisdictions secured the preliminary block, joined by 25 attorneys general.
Source: sun-sentinel.com · bangordailynews.com